Important report from the Criminal Justice Inspectorate published last week strengthening the pressure to close women's prisons. 

‘The rate of self-harm among women in prison has rocketed in the last 10 years and is now 8.5 times higher than in men's jails.

Rather than specific health care interventions, this thematic focuses on what practical support officers and leaders can offer women to reduce the likelihood that they will resort to self-harm.’

Read on Justice Inspectorate website

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